Eyeglasses.



A.C.LOOMI&

EYE GLASSES. APPLICATION HLED J NE n.1sys.

1,254,047. uPz ltented Jan. 22, 1918.

TORNEYS- ALBERT C. LOOMIS, OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

EYEGLASSES.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 22, 1918.

Application filed June 8, 1916. Serial No. 102,572.

To (1/! who: it may concern.

lie it known that 1, Airman (J. Looms, a citizen oi the United St ates,and a resident of West. Orange, county of Essex, and State of NewJersey. have invented certain new and useful lin n'ovenu-nts inEyeglasses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates'to an improved attaclniuart'for eyeglasses topermit the use of eyeglasses as such and to also permit the use of theeyeglasses as spectacles so as to prevent. the eyeglasses from fallingfrom the nose.

'Wheneyeglasses are in place the position of theclips that hold theeyeglasses on the nose, is important to the wearer, as'any otherposition carries with it a feeling of discoint'o rt.' My invention isdesigned to provide a temple for each lens which does not interfere.with the position of the eyeglass clips be :ause it lack rigidity andhas a strand'which does not stretch hut is limp, and while ncventingundue vibration or n'rot'lon of the eyeglasses and thus prevent lugtheir shaking loose, it does not force the eyeglasses to any particularposition to de stroy the said nose position of the clips.

Many persons prefer to use eyeglasscs'for their ncater appearance, butwhen working or engaged-in anything that tends to dis lodge the y-.glasses they use spectacles. This mains-it necessary to provide twoseparate sets of lenses, hutthis invention is designed to provide aneasily andquickly adjusted removable temple for each lens so that theeyeglasses can be utilized as a pair of spectacles.

The invention is further designed to provide a temple for eyeglasseswhich is removahly attached to a lens preferably hy slidingit on thelens longitudinally, although other means of attacl'imcnt eanbeiuscd,and n-oviding such detachable fixture or lensengaging: part with a limps-tranththat is one that lacks stability or any definite form,

which in turn is provider] with an ear-engaeing part.

The inventionis illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure1 is a perspective view of a pair (if-eyeglasses, one of the lenseshaving a form of my improved temple attached thercto, the other temple.

heingin-the posit-ion; it occupies Whenabout to be. attached to one ofthe lenses. Fig.

2 is a perspective yiew ofone of: the temples,

. dinal strain is this temple being of a modified form r con" structionand comprising a rigid strand eonmeeting," the ear-cm agihg part. withtheportion that is attached to the lens.

The eyeglasses can he of any usual type, the pair illustrated consistingof lenses l0 and ll connected by a bridge 12' provided with any of theordinary 'or usual form of clips 13 which lune a spring action in mosteyeglasses, such clips being adapted to tightly clasp the nose of thewearer and hold the glasses in position. \Yhen eyeglasses are thus wornand. held in place hy' in hing the nose, they are usually not firmenough for the wearer to engage in. any labor that is calculated to makethem shake unnecessarily or to be dislodged from position on the nose.It is thus usually necessary for the wearer to have a pair of spectaclesin addition to the eyeglasses. which spectacles are held" in positionhy'the temples which connect the lenses with the car-engagingpartssothat the eyeglasses are held in position and at.

the same time the wearer has a feeling of security.

In my new co'nstriurt'ion of temple '1 pro vide means for utilizing theeyeglasses as spectacles so that a temple on each-lensand the clipsfitting the nose can he worn at the same time without the templeinterfering materially with the position of the clips on' the nose.Car-h temple is provided with an ear-engaging part H- usually made ofwire and bent to api'n'oxi'mately fit h'chind the ear. althoughsoi'netimes these parts are made to engage the side of't-heJ-head andonly the top portion of the ear. The ear-engaging: part is connected tothe'lensby' a part without stability. that is, it is limp this part 15being in the shape of a small chain or a spring; or strand that has noelasticity to any extent. The length of this limp portion is regulatedso that when the eyeglasses are on the nose-and the ear-engaging partsare passed over the ears, the limp parts of the temples are notsubjected to any longitudinal'strain sufficient to cause any unduepressure or any displacing of the clips of the eyeglasses wheretheyengage the nose passed over the ears, andthe only timethat thetemples become subject to any longituwhFrb t-he' eyeglasses; are cal- 1iii of the eyeglasses. In this way the security I of the eyeglasses isassured, but at the same "time the lack of rigidity in the temple strandprevents any strain onthe eyeglasseswith any tendency toshift theposition of the clips that hold the eyeglasses in place.

The temple can be attached to the lens in a number of ways, but I preferto place it on the lens by a, detachable means so that the temples canbe ILlll'tHiQtl fliOII] the eyeglasses quickly without the u-seof toolsand put on with equal speed so that the transfi-irination fromeyeglasses to spectacles and from spectacles to eyeglasses can bequickly acconiplished and the wearer avoids the necessity and theexpense, and also tlic-i'iu-onvculance, of having two separate sets oflenses.

In the form of attachn'icnt shown thesecu 'iiigmeaiis for-the strand olthetemple comprises a'loop it made ol spring material and haying anopt-n side so that it can he slid-over and snapped into place on the topand bottom edges ol the lens, this grasping being possible by reason ofthe radiusof the upper and lower arms of the loop 10 being slightlysmaller than .the radius otthe top and bottom edges of thelens.'loprciven-tthe loop from slipplngaill' transversely of 4 the lens, andto also act as guides when the loop is being put into' place or removedfrom the-lens, I ]il( )\ltl(3 t'tll-8 17 which embrace the side edges atthe top and bottom of the lens and facilitate the, fastening of thissecuringportion, as \Ylll:. l.)( \'ltlt3llli 'lhc loop 18proyi'led-wi't'h 'a suitable braidict It;

to which the strand ol' t lic-tcinplc-is scrim-ed.-

this being usually done by means of a :-'t'lt\\' 19 being passed throughthe bracket and also through the strand ol.' t|ie temple. To furtherprevent any lateral motion ot" the loop 16 on the lens l IH'UYltlt'checks .20 .W'llltjll project adjacent to the bracket -18 andpreferablyon both l':u-c;-: o the lens.

Itwill, of course, be"ui-idcrstooit that other forms of securingattacliinoiit can be ul-il-izedamlecmwalcnts of the cars 17 and thechecks have hereto set my hand. this that the lens engaging part, as theloop 16,

is provided with a substantially rigid strand 21 forming part of thetemple and hivoted, as at 22, to-the bracket 18 0fthe loop 16. Thestrand 21 is bent at its end into an ear-engaging part 23. This form hasa substantially rigid strand 21 usually made of wire and it is adaptedto be used on eyeglasses where the clips of the eyeglasses are notarranged to tightly grasp the nose and in which a slight movement of theclips is permissible.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1-. Eyeglasses comprising a bridge piece having clips adapted to engagethe-nose of the wearer, and lenses supported by the said bridge niece;resilient loops carried by and detaclia ily-connec ted with the saidlenses; comparatively rigid car-engaging portions; and limp strandsintermediate the said loops and the said car-engaging portions and con;

neeted with each, and the lengths of which strands aiic such as toprevent strain on the lenses whim the eyeglasses are in use.

2. Eyeglasses comprising a bridge piece having clips adapted to engagethe nose of the \vcarer,'and lenses supported by the said bridge piece;resilient. loops conforming in their out-linewith the outer portions ofsaid lenses and-having cars at" theirextremities adapted fifeiigagc theupper and lower;

algcsol" tho lcni'.-:cs, and check pieces at their middleportions'adapt-cd t engage the outer ends of the lenses coinparativelyrigid earengaging portions: and limp strands-intermediate the lidloopsand the said earengaging portions and connected with each,

and the lengthsol which strands are such as-toprcvent strain on thelenses when the eyeglasses are in use.

In testimony that: 1 claim the foregoing, I ith day 'of. June, 1916. v

"ALBERT c. LooMis.

